by
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Published in 1852, this collection of short stories was the last to appear from the author in his lifetime. It includes a number of notable stories, among them "Ethan Brand," in which a man discovers "the unpardonable sin," "The Man of Adamant," in which a hermit undergoes a horrifying transformation, and "My Kinsman, Major Molineaux," a dark depiction of America at the time of the Revolution.